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Bartlett Museum

Bartlett Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Captain's Well, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

The Bartlett Museum is a nonprofit museum located at 270 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts. It is named after Josiah Bartlett, a Founding Father of the United States who was born in Amesbury and later signed the United States Declaration of Independence.

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Dates from 1968.

Wikidata Q4865412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84537, -70.92867

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Captain's Well: 0.2 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 0.2 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 0.3 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 1.4 mi
  • Main House Site: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder Site: 0.3 mi
  • Huntington Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Alliance Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sumner Goldsmith Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Walnut Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Castle Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Lone Tree Hill: 1.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Vegtable Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Offering: 3.5 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.5 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.5 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 3.5 mi
  • Native Fish: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.4 mi
  • South Beach: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Sheep's Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.6 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 12.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.6 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 11.2 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 13.7 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Hampton Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 3.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Rail Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Bartlett Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNW 342°99 m1.5 mi
Chair HillNNW 341°93 m3.0 mi
Red Oak HillW 269°93 m5.0 mi
Red Oak HillW 268°93 m5.1 mi
Sawyers HillNW 308°91 m3.0 mi
Indian Ground HillNNW 333°91 m4.2 mi
Highlands HillW 275°88 m5.1 mi
Martin HillNNW 334°82 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781160

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